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Faculty
Dr. John Chai
Chairman and Professor
Office: Habshan Building, Room 3007
Phone: +971 2 607 5493
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: jchai@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Computational Transport Phenomena, Numerical Methods for Radiation Heat Transfer, Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows.
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Dr. Michael M. Ohadi
Professor, Provost and Interim President
Office: Habshan Building, Room 5309-A
Phone: +971 2 607 5710
Fax: +971 2 607 5210
Email: mohadi@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Advanced Heat Exchangers and Energy Systems, Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Micro Systems and Micro Processes
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Dr. Dennis Siginer
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Provost
Distinguished Professor
Office: Bu Hasa Building, Room 2107A
Phone: +971 2 607 5168
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: dsiginer@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Non-Newtonian Flows; Heat Transfer with Viscoelastic Fluids; Flows in Porous Media; Flows in Microgravity
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Dr. Petros G. Voulgaris
Visiting ADGAS Chaired Professor
Office: Umm Shaif, Room 4015
Phone: 971 2 6075273
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: pvoulgaris@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Hierarchical, Distributed and Multi-agent Control; Robust and Multi-objective Control and Estimation; Applications of Control and Estimation Theory to Communication Systems; Analysis and Synthesis of Time Varying and Adaptive Systems; Applications of Advanced Control Methods to Engineering Systems
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Dr. Sai Cheong Fok
Professor
Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3006
Phone: +971 2 607 5296
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: sfok@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Virtual Prototyping, Machine Learning, Intelligent Systems, Fluid Power Systems, Biomedical Applications
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Dr. Mohan D. Rao
Visiting Professor
Office: Bu Hasa Building, Room 2014
Phone: +971 2 607 5160
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: mrao@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Vibrations, Acoustics, Noise Control and Auditory Engineering; Vibration Damping and Dynamic Characterization of Materials and Structural Joints; Modal Analysis and Sound Quality in Product Design.
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Dr. Isoroku "Rocky" Kubo
Associate Professor
Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3004
Phone: +971 2 607 5561
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: ikubo@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Solar Energy, Power Generation, Cooling
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Dr. Jamal Ahmad
Associate Professor
Office: Bu Hasa Building, Room 2229
Phone: +971 2 607 5338
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: jahmad@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Secondary Manufacturing of Polymer Composites, Characterization and Modeling of Wear, Real Time Tool Condition Monitoring, Conventional and Non-conventional Machining of Metals and Composites, Characterization and Modeling of Metals Behavior under Dynamic Loading
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Dr. Lyes Khezzar
Associate Professor
Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3010-D
Phone: +971 2 607 5543
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: lkhezzar@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Flow in Fluid Handling Facilities, Fluid Sloshing
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Dr. Peter Rodgers
Associate Professor
Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3012
Phone: +971 2 607 5397
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: prodgers@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Waste Heat Utilization, Heat Exchanger Design, Multiphase Flow, Experimental Characterization, Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Dr. Abdennour C. Seibi
Associate Professor
Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3003
Phone: +971 2 607 5454
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: aseibi@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Applied Mechanics, Advanced Materials, and Design
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Dr. Clarence Rodrigues
Associate Professor
Office: Habshan Building, Room 5334
Phone: +971 2 607 5931
Fax: +971 2 607 5194
Email: crodrigues@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Systems Safety, Ergonomics, HSE Management Systems, Teaching and Training Pedagogies, Security
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Dr. Sami Ainane
Director of Student Affairs and Associate Professor
Office: Zarkuh Building, Room 1219
Phone: +971 2 607 5235
Fax: +971 2 607 5194
Email: sainane@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Engineering Education
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Dr. Ruichong Zhang
Visiting Associate Professor
Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3008-B
Phone: +971 2 607 5451
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: rzhang@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Continuum Mechanics, Stochastic Processes and Fields, Structural Dynamics and Vibration, Earthquake and Wind Engineering, Advanced Data Processing and Analysis for Sensory Systems, Disaster Assessment and Mitigation, Structural Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring
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Dr. Afshin Goharzadeh
Assistant Professor
Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3010-A
Phone: agoharzadeh@pi.ac.ae
Phone: +971 2 607 5396
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Research Interests: Thermofluids, Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Multiphase Flows, EHD Separation, Hydrodynamic Instabilities
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Dr. Valérie Eveloy
Assistant Professor
Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3010-C
Phone: +971 2 607 5533
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: veveloy@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Fuel Cell Technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Electronic Equipment Reliability and Thermal Management
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Dr. Hamad Karki
Assistant Professor
Office: Ruwais 3010 B
Phone: +971 2 607 5330
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: hkarki@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Field Robots, Mechatronics, Computer Aided Design.
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Dr. Ebrahim Al-Hajri
Assistant Professor
Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3008-A
Phone: +971 2 607 5450
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: ealhajri@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Advanced Energy Systems, Heating Cooling and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Energy and Environment for oil and gas fields, Micro-reactors
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Dr. Mohamed Alshehhi
Assistant Professor
Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3004
Phone: +971 2 607 5213
Fax: +971 2 607 5194
Email: malshehhi@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests:
Heat and mass transfer, Separation process of liquid droplets in gas flows, Fluid flow measurements including visualization, Multi-Phase flows
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Dr. Ebru Günister Canbaz
Research Assistant Professor
Office: Bu Hasa 2010
Phone:+971 2 607 5231
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: egunister@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Advanced polymeric composites and mechanical properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites.
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Dr. Islam Md. Didarul
Research Assistant Professor
Office: Umm Shaif, Room 4011
Phone: +971 2 607 5230
Fax: + 971 2 607 5200
Email: dislam@pi.ac.ae
Research Interests: Extended surfaces, Micro channel, Heat Exchanger, Flow visualization, Solar Energy & Absorption Refrigeration
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